Saying “there is such a thing as interagency courtesy,” a ranking public works official on Wednesday wondered why the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) seemed to heap the blame on his department for the capital’s daily traffic…
IF YOU think traffic on Edsa is bad now, wait until the next few months. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) announced the other day that work on a drainage improvement project on the northbound lane of…
WITH its world-renowned underground river, Palawan last year emerged as the globe’s top island destination in a poll conducted by the US travel magazine Conde Nast Traveler, beating 147 other famous islands such as Bora-Bora in the…
Malacañang has affirmed Public Works Secretary Rogelio Singson’s assertion that adding more trains to the existing Metro Manila mass transit systems would greatly ease traffic. In June, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said it…
Even government officials are complaining of the slow action of concerned agencies to fix the broken sections of Macapagal Avenue, which have been causing heavy traffic. Public Works Secretary Rogelio Singson said he received text messages from…
Sen. Grace Poe blamed the lack of infrastructure for the traffic woes that plague commuters and motorists in Metro Manila, in a speech at a commuter forum at Ateneo de Manila University. “They say that to ease…
With a funding of 9.78 billion yen (about P3.6 billion) from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica), two bridges in Metro Manila—Guadalupe in Makati City and Lambingan in Sta. Ana, Manila—will soon undergo “seismic retrofitting” and rehabilitation…
Big victories and unresolved issues marked the transportation scene under the tenure of President Aquino, but his administration is still hopeful that hard reforms implemented during his term will benefit the public in the coming years. As…
ONE OF the 14 Stations of the Cross dotting the poblacion or town center of San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte, was recently demolished by a Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) contractor to give way to a…
The Department of Public Works and Highways has scheduled reblocking works on two roads in Quezon City and another major thoroughfare in Pasig City this weekend. In an advisory on Thursday, DPWH-National Capital Region office said the…
